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Central Bedfordshire Council libraries are inviting children to take part in the 2026 Summer Reading Challenge, Read to the Beat, launching on Friday 17 July until Saturday 5 September 2026.

Young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) who are helping us improve local services were the first to experience Woburn Safari Park’s new SEND education centre.

Central Bedfordshire Council has approved a refreshed Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Strategy.

Biggleswade Library will close temporarily from Tuesday 13 January 2026 to allow essential maintenance works to repair internal water damage caused by an issue with the external drainage.

Key milestones have been reached in new additional resource provision (ARP) projects, increasing specialist school places for children and young people with SEND in Central Bedfordshire.

Our libraries are inviting children to explore the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge, Story Garden: Adventures in Nature and the Great Outdoors, launching on 18 July 2025 and running until 6 September.

We welcome a new plan from the government, called ‘Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life’, which aims to improve support for children and families from pregnancy to age 5.

Ceremonial bricks have been laid at Edward Peake CofE School in Biggleswade to mark the halfway point in the construction of its new sports hall.

We're proud to announce the official opening of the newly relocated Stotfold Library, now based in Oak Hall at The Greenacre Centre in Stotfold.

We joined forces with Bedfordshire Police and other partner agencies at the end of May to support Operation Sceptre, a national campaign aimed at tackling knife crime and keeping communities safe.